کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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371815 | 621941 | 2011 | 10 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
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We replicated and extended previous research on microswitch facilitated choice making by individuals with profound multiple disabilities. Following an assessment of stimulus preferences, we taught 6 adults with profound multiple disabilities to emit 2 different responses to activate highly preferred stimuli. All participants learnt to activate both microswitches. Five participants showed a higher overall level of responding when both switches activating preferred stimuli were available concurrently. After completion of microswitch training, a choice assessment was conducted in which participants had access to 2 microswitches concurrently, with 1 connected to the most highly preferred stimulus and the other to a least preferred stimulus. Choice making behavior was shown in 3 participants and provided support for the preference assessment results. The results of the 3 remaining participants showed that both the most highly preferred and the least preferred stimuli may serve as reinforcers for microswitch activation responses.
► Adults with profound and multiple disabilities learned to activate two switches.
► Most participants showed choice behavior by activating one item more than the other.
► Choice behavior and preference assessments did not always agree.
Journal: Research in Developmental Disabilities - Volume 32, Issue 6, November–December 2011, Pages 2352–2361